Tulsa - Tucumcari

On December 3, 1972 at 10:07 PM, Tulsa - Tucumcari experienced a crash involving Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, operated by Investment Dynamics, with the event recorded near Tucumcari New Mexico.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 45.5%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Tucumcari Airport, the crew failed to realize he was misaligned with runway 26 due to limited visibility caused by night and low ceiling. On short final, the airplane struck the ground and crashed 471 feet left of the runway and 100 feet west of runway threshold. Both pilots and three passengers were killed while six other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N5033F, MSN 5887, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.1719°, -103.7250°.